The Princess Bride

Started off as story book lore With nights, fights, and adventure galore. A grandfather came to visit his sick son And reading him the book is where the story had begun.

A farm hand fell in love with the farmer’s daughter And no matter what she asked, he would do it for her. He would bow his head in an elegant swish And all he would say is, “As you wish.”

One day, Westley went and fought at sea Along with the kings army. His ship was sunk by Pirate Roberts and his crew And where he was, his love never knew.

Further into the story, Buttercup was said to marry Prince Humperdinck And this arrangement really did stink. So Buttercup was kidnapped, I’m sorry to say She climbed into her coach and was taken away.

Now her kidnappers, I must describe to you Only Vizzini was a kidnapper true Fezzik was a big, sweet poet at heart And Inigo Montoya has been searching for the sixed fingered man from the start.

They take her away, up a cliff they go And when they reach the top, they see a little man on the rocks bellow. They tried to kill him but they found no way So Vizzini and Fezzik left with Buttercup and told Inigo to stay.

When he reached the top, Pirate Roberts stood there Inigo didn’t know him, and he really didn’t care. They pulled out their swords, “To the death,” they both did declare But Roberts didn’t kill him, he just left him there.

Through obstacle one, on to obstacle two There stood Fezzik not as tall as one man, but two! Roberts used his smarts to beat Fezziks brawn And when he was sure he was out, he did move on.

Vizzini was the last on the list And when he caught up, he had her by the wrists They played a game of wits and Roberts won which Vizzini thought unbelievable And his lasts words were, “This is unconceivable!”

So Robertson took Buttercup and left Telling her his tale of pirating and theft. When she asked about Westley he said he slept with the fish She wished him dead as she pushed him down a hill, and he said, “As you wish.”

Realizing it was Westley, she rolled down to meet him She hugged and kissed and said she’d never leave him. They said they loved each other and continued their chats As they entered the Forest of Really Big Rats.

Prince Humperdinck found them and took her away And Westley was put torture the very next day. The six fingered man was the kings advisor and most trusted It would be very hard for him to get busted.

Nearly dead, Inigo and Fezzik saved and took care of him But he wasn’t waking up, and that was very grim. So they took him to Magic Max’s to be healed So he could save Buttercup with the sword he did wield.

He took a chocolate pill and started to improve But the only problem was, he couldn’t move. So Fezziks made a distraction to stop the wedding And Inigo and Westley tried to save Buttercup without a beheading.

When Inigo saw the six fingered man, they started to fight They both knew only one of them would survive the night. When they started to fight, Inigo got him with his sword and he did cry Inigo aimed his sword at him and said, “You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

While this did happen Wesley messed with the Prince And I don’t think he slept right ever since. He threatened to cut him apart if he didn’t let her go He was bluffing ‘cause he still couldn’t move, but Humperdinck didn’t know.

When everything was done at the window stood Fezzik with horses The horses of the king’s night forces. There was no way down so Fezziks told them to jump And, surprisingly, none of them landed on their rump.

They rode off in the end With Buttercup as his princess and Fezzik and Inigo as his friend. When grandpa finished, the boy felt fine I guess he just needed a little of once upon a time.

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